Columbia Civic Library Association

{{short description|Professional association for Black librarians in Washington DC}}

The Columbia Civic Library Association was a professional organization for Black librarians and library workers in Washington DC, known for compiling and publishing A Directory of Negro Graduates of Accredited Library Schools (1900-1936).{{cite journal |last1=Van Jackson |first1=Wallace |title=Negro Library Workers |journal=The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy |date=January 1940 |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=95–108 |publisher=University of Chicago Press|doi=10.1086/614653 |jstor=4302672 }} The organization was based at Howard University. Margaret Hunton, one of the first Black librarians hired at the Library of Congress, was president of the organization in 1940.{{cite news |title=Two Women Get Posts in Library of Congress |url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth399174/m1/1/ |accessdate=29 February 2020 |work=San Antonio Register |agency=Associated Negro Press |issue=44 |date=November 29, 1940 |volume=10 |pages=1, 5}}